Selby Swing bridge improvements deferred following colliery landslip

 Network Rail has today announced that engineering renewal works on the Selby swing-bridge will be deferred in order to provide the best possible rail services during the repair work associated with a landslip at Hatfield colliery.

Phil Verster, route managing director for Network Rail explained: “We seriously considered doing renewals work on the Selby swing-bridge while also repairing the Hatfield landslip. This was only going to be feasible if we could still provide a reasonable train service to our communities on the east coast. I am today announcing that the scheduled work on Selby Swing Bridge will not go ahead until we have first restored rail services along the Hatfield route.



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